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...“The wet weather has been a key factor in the slowdown in discretionary spending, as it’s meant fewer visits to the high street and to hospitality venues,” said Karen Johnson, head of retail at Barclays....
...“As inflationary pressures begin to ease, retailers will be hopeful that the onset of warmer weather lifts spending,” said Karen Johnson, head of retail at Barclays....
...Karen Johnson, head of retail at Barclays, said that, while grocery and retail spending “didn’t see as much of an increase as we might have expected during the height of the festive season”, “hospitality...
...Any wavering on that point “runs the risk of loosening financial conditions more quickly than they would like”, warned Giannoni, now at Barclays....
...Barclays has made a £30mn commitment to the women’s game from 2022-25....
...Indeed, at one point almost a third of the bonds in the Barclays Global Aggregate Index had a negative yield and the term “fixed income” seemed an oxymoron....
...Ajay Rajadhyaksha, global chair of research at Barclays, said the Fed had made clear the process to get inflation under control would not be painless. “They want some jobs to be lost....
...Citigroup chief administrative officer Karen Peetz is retiring....
...But for Karen Carney, a former star for the England team and now a pundit, the most striking feature is how far the game has come....
...Karen Egan, an analyst at Enders Analysis, said the Iliad offer was attractive. “Take the money and run,” she said of Vodafone....
...Job Moves Compass’s chief financial officer Karen Witts is to stand down at the end of this month by mutual agreement....
...“Traditionally, monetary policymakers have erred on the side of a low-pressure economy because risks of inflation have dominated decisions,” said Karen Dynan, an economics professor at Harvard university...
...As was the case with its previous acquisitions, such as those of Karen Millen, Coast and Oasis, Boohoo is acquiring only the Debenhams brands and its fashion sub-brands, such as Mantaray and Principles....
...The iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF, which tracks the Barclays index, jumped 47.6 per cent from its low point in March 2020 to the end of December....
...Fabrice Montagné, chief UK economist at Barclays, said Britons will show “no urge to splurge”....
...Karen Ward, chief European strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, used a more modern metaphor: “When the US has a party, the rest of the world gets an invitation.”...
...Karen Frank joined Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan on Thursday as senior managing director of its C$47bn equities division....
...Job moves Stephen Jones, chief executive of bank lobby group UK Finance, resigned on Tuesday after being dragged into a legal case against his former employer Barclays....
...(FT) Barclay family feud Relatives of Frederick Barclay have agreed to pay damages to the billionaire and his daughter for breaching their privacy and misusing private information after secretly bugging...
...Barclays said that Boohoo’s momentum “is unlikely to be disrupted near-term” but noted that the shares are not cheap, trading at 42 times forecast profits....
...They have been joined more recently by a younger cohort including Mr Murray, deputy chief financial officer Chris Wootton and Liam Rowley, a former Barclays analyst who manages the strategic investments....
...But he only took over the task of managing the Border Delivery Group last summer after the departure of his predecessor Karen Wheeler....
...Analysts at Barclays said the results were “a bit better than expected” but that the lack of formal guidance “leaves people in the dark about how to think about a growth or margin recovery”....
...out Chancellor of the exchequer — Sajid Javid replaces Philip Hammond Home secretary — Priti Patel replaces Sajid Javid Foreign secretary — Dominic Raab replaces Jeremy Hunt Brexit secretary — Stephen Barclay...
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